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EMS Academics N.O.S.
David C. Cone, MD
Chief, Division of EMS
Yale University School of Medicine
Underlying Theme
Almost all academic ventures rely on the
ability to write
– Grant applications
– Research papers
– Other work products
– Contracts
– Correspondence
– Curricula
Scientific Writing in EMS:
Know The Literature!
Academic Emergency Medicine
American Journal of Emergency Med.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Journal of Emergency Medicine
Prehospital Emergency Care
– NAEMSP, NASEMSD, NAEMSE
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
– WADEM
Non-EM/EMS-specific journals
NEJM
JAMA
J Trauma
Resuscitation
Circulation
Editing in the EMS Literature
1. Peer reviewing manuscripts
– Improve manuscripts, find fatal flaws, etc.
2. Decision editor
– Shape the style and content of the journal
3. Editor-in-chief (or close to it)
– Budget, politics, etc.
Editing & Publishing in EMS
Peer review of EMS manuscripts
– Very helpful to have “field perspective”
– Need working knowledge (or better) of such things as epidemiology, research methodology, statistics, validity (internal, external, construct), etc.
– The three key traits: Thorough
Supportive
Timely
Service to National Organizations
and Specialty Societies: EM-Based
American Academy of Emergency
Medicine
American College of Emergency
Physicians
National Association of EMS Educators
National Association of EMS Physicians
Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine
How to get involved?
Membership sections / interest groups
Committee work
– Position papers, white papers
– Didactic presentations at meetings
– Comment on government work products
Newsletter
Journals
Service to National Organizations
and Specialty Societies: EMS
Provider education organizations:
– CoAEMSP: Committee on Accreditation of
educational programs for the EMS Professions
Accredits initial certification programs
8 sponsoring organizations
– CECBEMS: Continuing Education
Coordinating Board for EMS
Accredits continuing education programs
8 sponsoring organizations
Service to National Organizations
and Specialty Societies: EMS
Credentialing organizations:
– Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance
Services (mostly ground)
– Commission on Accreditation of Medical
Transport Services (mostly air)
– National Academies of Emergency Dispatch
(needs RESEARCH!)
Physician Education
SAEM: Credentials programs for the SAEM / Medtronic Physio-Control Fellowship in EMS
NAEMSP: Beginning work on a comprehensive model for physician education in EMS: – Core Content
– Scope of Practice
– Education standards
– Education program credentialling
– Certification
Other organizations
EMS physicians often take lead roles in
national and international academic
projects sponsored by organizations not
based at academic institutions
American Heart Association
Emergency Cardiovascular Care:
BLS Chair: Dr. Michael Sayre
ACLS Chair: Dr. Robert O’Connor
Excellent opportunity for abstracts
Centers for Disease Control
Dr. Rick Hunt: Director, Division of Injury
and Disability Outcomes and Programs
Injury Research Agenda: June 2002
– Mostly prevention
Acute Care Research Agenda
– Includes mass casualty & disaster response
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration Dr. Ricardo Martinez
Dr. Jeff Runge
Medical Fellowship: Jeff Runge, Federico
Vaca, Knox Todd
NHTSA EMS Projects
EMS Agenda for the Future
– Ted Delbridge, MD – University of Pittsburgh
National EMS Research Agenda
– Michael Sayre, MD – Ohio State University
Summary
Get good at writing
Sign up for projects with meaningful work
products (and do a good job)
Look for a niche (deep & narrow)